Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-02
rhe City Of Cucamorga,

Tins new town on the line OF both the
Ssuthern Paeific and Aicbison, Topeka
and Sauts Fe railroads is having boom
like that at Pasadena and Monroyia.
The site for a railroad depot and a
great hotel has been agreed upon in the
csnter of the tract, and hotel has been
built both at the south and north end OF
the eiry, which contains 1000 acres, but
viii soon take in about 5000 more acres
next the mountains, receiving into its
embrace Hermosa, the Iowa Colony, the
old vineyard. the Raines Rancho. and
last, but not least, the rancho of l. W.
Lord, with the good Lord and his tai.
eoted family besides.
Bat already there is trouble in the new
city. The brilliant resident director of
the city, j. c. Lynch, Esq. is so alb
sOrbed in the constant selling OF los
that he is absent from his beautiful home
nearly all the time, but occasionally
comes around to get clean clothes. Ii
his most accomplished wife did not know
that his almost constant absence was the
cause of bringing plenty of shekels into
the family treasury, of which she is the
capable controller, she would have cause
for divorce on account of desertion.
About $50 lots in the new city have
been sold and the cry is for more.
Municipal matters are looming mp in
the new town. Mr.. j. G. Lynch Is a
well-known candidate for Mayor, while
Isaac w. Lord claims priority of resi-
dence. Lords claims are resisted on the
ground that he is too good.natured and
would laugh in court and let every tramp
off free and give him chrome besides.
The sale of lots in the beautiful town
site is simply phenomenal. They go
with q rush ana whiz that astonishes
Eastern people, who come from slow
going towns where a sale OF real estate
oncs a month is a novelty and the talk
of the town for q week.
Il is said that Adolph Petsch is a
candidate for Justice OF the Peace, and
E.T. Wright, ex County Surveyor, OF
this city, another proprietor, for Street
Commissioner.
The new officers will be elected after
the spring rains are over, so that the
people will have time to electioneei
awhile. They are now too busy laying
water-pipe from the $4,000. 900 gallor
reservoirs and planting trees and vines
to give attention to municipal politics.
The candidates are not spending any
money to secure votes, because it Is
understood that Mr.. Lord has deter.
mined that the new charter shall pro-
vide that all officers shall pay their own
salaries from their opulent incomes from
the sale of lands. The other directors
of the company, Messrs. l. w. Hellman,
MI Wicks and NJ. f. Hodgkins, are
not candidates, but it is slyly limited
that Sir. Hodgkins will become Chap
lain ia case Mr.. Lord becomes Mayor.
Meantime about twenty miles OF
water-pipe have been laid, and in forty
days il is presumed that the overland
trains OF the A, T. Il S. F. will be halt
ing at the new depot in the center OF the
city of Cucamonga, when grand ban.
quet will be given and all the candidates
will make speeches.
No town in California ever started oil
with brighter prospects or In better
style. The land is choice, high, mellow
mesa fruitland. The streets are broad
aud straight and the water pure, while
the climate and scenery are delightful.